Human Resources Business Partner Support

ENGINEERINGUK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Human Resources Business Partner Support to enhance workforce management and development. This role involves supporting HR initiatives, talent management, and performance planning within a dynamic and inclusive environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong customer service skills, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive under pressure. With opportunities for hybrid working and a commitment to employee wellbeing, this position offers a rewarding career path within a forward-thinking organization focused on making a meaningful impact in the railway sector.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

75% subsidy on rail season tickets

Flexible working options

Healthcare offers

Paid volunteering leave

Discounted online shopping

Pension schemes

Paid reserve leave for Armed Forces

Qualifications

• Experience in a large, complex organization is essential.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy is crucial.
• Ability to support HR initiatives and projects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support HR teams in talent management and performance planning.
• Provide project management support for HR initiatives.
• Assist in organizational change programs and reporting.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Research Skills

Analytical Skills

Relationship Building

Education

CIPD Qualification

Graduate Calibre

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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Human Resources Business Partner Support

Employer Network Rail Location GB Salary £ 27,000.00 per year; £ 32,000.00 per year Closing date 14 May 2025

View more categories View less categories Sector Human Resources Role Partner Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time

About Network Rail

Join Our Team at Network Rail!

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Click here to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!

We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce.

Network Rail has been recognised as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equity for the fourth consecutive year! You can find out more about this here: The Times Top 50 Listmakers 2024 - Business in the Community (bitc.org.uk)

Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here .

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us , whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

You will be part of the North West & Central Region (NW&C) which consist of three routes - North West, Central and West Coast South - and a regional team supporting Regional Major Programmes & Professional services.

Brief Description

About the role:

The primary goal of the Human Resources Business Partner Support role is to provide proactive HR support to HR Business Partner teams. The role focuses on supporting the organisational people plans, which are strategic plans aimed at managing and developing the workforce to achieve the organisation's goals.

The proactive support you'll provide includes a range of activities such as talent management, workforce and succession planning, performance planning, and providing project management support for HR initiatives. It also involves maintaining up-to-date professional HR knowledge to contribute to the development of both operational and value-added HR initiatives. By effectively carrying out these responsibilities, the HR Business Partner Support role plays a crucial part in ensuring that HR initiatives and people plans are successfully implemented and contribute to the overall success of the organisation.

There are two roles available:

• 1 x 12 month opportunity for maternity cover. This will primarily support the Capital Delivery function but may be asked to support other regional functions as required.
• 1 x 6-month opportunity with the potential to be extended and/or made permanent. This will primarily support the regional functions in NW&C.

These roles can be based from Birmingham, Manchester or Milton Keynes. We offer hybrid working - with the requirement to be in the office two/three days a week.

About the role (External)

Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

• Support HR Business Partner teams in talent management, workforce and succession planning, and performance planning, ensuring the maintenance of appropriate data within the associated processes.
• Provide support for organizational change programs throughout the full development and implementation phases.
• Offer project management support to the HR Business Partner team, including tracking, measuring, and communicating progress throughout the project timeline.
• Assist with research, reporting requirements, analysis, and the production of reports to support the implementation of HR initiatives.
• Continuously seek, identify, and develop solutions to improve HR support to the business.
• Maintain up-to-date professional HR knowledge to contribute to the development of both operational and value-added HR initiatives.
• Take ownership of the delivery of assigned work within HR programs and initiatives.
• Provide ad hoc administrative and operational HR activity support to the associated HR Business Partner team.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

(Essential)

• Demonstrates strong customer service skills.
• Experience of working within a large, complex and fast moving organisation.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Resilient, Adaptable and Flexible.
• IT literate, strong excel, word and PowerPoint knowledge.
• Experience of event coordination and facilitation.
• Research and analytical skills.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of HR initiatives and projects.

We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:

(Desirable)

• CIPD Qualified or relevant HR Support experience.
• Graduate calibre

How to apply (External)

Salary : £27,000 - £32,000 depending on experience.

Closing date : Wednesday 14 May 2025. Late applications will not be accepted. We may close the advert early if we receive a large volume of applicants.

Interviews will consist of both competency based questions and an in-tray exercise to test basic Excel capabilities.

Click apply now to apply.

You can visit Evenbreaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

Network Rail Benefits

• 28 days annual leave - with the opportunity to buy and/or sell upto 5 days
• Access to a range of contributory pension schemes, and the potential to top up your competitive salary with a bonus
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train
• Privileged staff travel - Discretionary leisure travel discount of 75%
• We can offer you a season ticket loan, annual season tickets are discounted.
• A 35-hour-per-week contract with flexible working options available to help support your work-life balance
• Hybrid working (2/3 days a week in the office/on site) and enhanced family-friendly support
• Take advantage of healthcare offers (including discounted healthcare club membership), discounted cycle hire, and online shopping sites
• 5 days of paid volunteering leave
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community

To find out about what benefits we offer, click here

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.

From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.

We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.

We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.

We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accreditedDisability Confident Leader . This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.

Find out more about our recruitment processhere

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